Students stage walkouts to oppose Alberta's gender identity policies for children and youth

Hundreds of Alberta students staged classroom walkouts Wednesday to protest the provincial government's planned policies around transgender youth.

At 10 a.m., students left their classrooms and staged demonstrations calling for the province to reverse course on sweeping gender identity policies announced last week by Premier Danielle Smith.

About 200 students walked out of classes at Victoria School in central Edmonton and stood in protest outside the entry doors. Outside the south-side Strathcona High School, another 60 students gathered, the crowd dotted with signs and Pride flags.

Achilles Chinery, 17, who helped organize the walkout at Victoria School, said it was heartwarming to see the protest and to know that students at other Alberta schools were staging their own protests.

He said he is skeptical that government will listen to the concerns of protesters but hopes the walkouts show transgender youth they have strong allies.

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Kudos to the students and the allies who will not take Smith's transphobic policies laying down,.